Associations to the word «Shakeout»
Wiktionary
SHAKEOUT, noun. An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.
SHAKEOUT, noun. (engineering) The separation of molds from their flask, the castings from the molding sand, and potentially the cores from the castings.
Dictionary definition
SHAKEOUT, noun. An economic condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry; "they glutted the market in order to cause a shakeout of their competitors".
Wise words
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite
surprised to be taken at his word.